Ashbrook basketball teams win big at Kings Mountain

Published: Tuesday, February 5, 2013 at 10:21 PM.

Green Wave coach Juan Smith said his team executed well in focusing on mid-range shots instead of 3-pointers. It came on the heels of Ashbrook’s Friday loss to South Point.

“Coming off the South Point loss, I felt like the girls were down somewhat,” Smith said. “And I hope this will carry over to Friday night.”

Monique Petty scored 11 points to lead Kings Mountain (9-10, 2-7).

Boys game

The early stages suggested the Ashbrook and Kings Mountain boys could battle to the wire. A Wil Sellers 3-pointer for the Mountaineers early in the second quarter tied it 19-all, the fourth tie of the contest.

But the Green Wave (15-6 overall) used a 15-3 half-closing spurt to go up 34-22 at the break.

“First quarter we did the things we know how to do and then we stopped and we got beat,” KM coach Grayson Pierce said. “You can’t take a play off against Ashbrook. They are too good.” Duncan said that run was the turning point.

Green Wave coach Juan Smith said his team executed well in focusing on mid-range shots instead of 3-pointers. It came on the heels of Ashbrook’s Friday loss to South Point.

“Coming off the South Point loss, I felt like the girls were down somewhat,” Smith said. “And I hope this will carry over to Friday night.”

Monique Petty scored 11 points to lead Kings Mountain (9-10, 2-7).

Boys game

The early stages suggested the Ashbrook and Kings Mountain boys could battle to the wire. A Wil Sellers 3-pointer for the Mountaineers early in the second quarter tied it 19-all, the fourth tie of the contest.

But the Green Wave (15-6 overall) used a 15-3 half-closing spurt to go up 34-22 at the break.

“First quarter we did the things we know how to do and then we stopped and we got beat,” KM coach Grayson Pierce said. “You can’t take a play off against Ashbrook. They are too good.”
Duncan said that run was the turning point.

“That’s probably when we started to pick up our defense well,” Duncan said. “We started rotating, and we turned defense into offense.”

At the start of the third quarter, Ashbrook continued to pour it on, scoring 14 of the first 18 points to push it to 48-26.

Delshon Leach led the charge for the Green Wave with 24 points, followed by Grant Stafford’s 14 and Antonio Blalock’s 10.